Patents by Inventor Robert Hummel

Robert Hummel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20170004416
    Abstract: Systems and methods to determine machine intelligence are disclosed. Input information provided to a machine is evaluated via an interface with the machine. One or more operations automatically performed by the machine based on the input information are evaluated via the interface. A level of intelligence associated with the machine is determined based on the evaluation of the input information and the operations performed by the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
    Inventors: Robert Hummel, Michael Swetnam
  • Patent number: 8397657
    Abstract: A subsea vertical glider robot which supports deployment in subsea oilfield activities is disclosed. This vertical glider robot can also be used in oceanographic research exploration. One application of this vertical glider robot is the autonomous delivery of equipment and sensor systems to a precise predetermined location on the sea floor. The vertical glider robot is deployed from a surface ship or any other suitable sea surface platform and allowed to free fall to the bottom of the ocean. The traversal through the body of water is performed primarily by converting initial potential energy of the apparatus into kinetic energy, it does not use propellers. The traversing of the seafloor is controlled with a steering module that refines orientation while processing information about the vertical glider robot's current position and the target where it has to land.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignees: Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Julio Guerrero, Franz Hover, Charles Ambler, Brooks Reed, Robert Hummel
  • Publication number: 20120067268
    Abstract: A subsea vertical glider robot which supports deployment in subsea oilfield activities is disclosed. This vertical glider robot can also be used in oceanographic research exploration. One application of this vertical glider robot is the autonomous delivery of equipment and sensor systems to a precise predetermined location on the sea floor. The vertical glider robot is deployed from a surface ship or any other suitable sea surface platform and allowed to free fall to the bottom of the ocean. The traversal through the body of water is performed primarily by converting initial potential energy of the apparatus into kinetic energy, it does not use propellers. The traversing of the seafloor is controlled with a steering module that refines orientation while processing information about the vertical glider robot's current position and the target where it has to land.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Julio Guerrero, Franz Hover, Charles Ambler, Brooks Reed, Robert Hummel